Rinchen Khando Choegyal is the director of the Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP) and a founding member of the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA), a Dharamsala-based NGO devoted to empowering Tibetan women and preserving Tibetan culture. The sister-in-law of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, she has served as president of TWA, Minister of Home and Health, and Minister of Education, all the time working to improve the situation for Tibetan refugees and raise international awareness of the Tibetan cause.